“ Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ” – Paulo Freire, Educator

MENENDEZ, MEXICO, AND MASS DISAPPEARANCES

Shot execution-style, burned, and thrown into a mass grave — that’s what the Mexican government claims happened to 43 students from Ayotzinapa at the orders of local officials, police, and narco-gangs.

Many protestors contradict the federal government's story and are demanding the students be returned alive. Nevertheless, the students and their families are the latest victims of the decades long drug war that’s brought increased violence and tens of thousands of deaths to Mexico while doing nothing to decrease drug use in the United States — all paid for by U.S. tax payers to the tune of $2.4 billion.

For weeks, there have been street protests in Mexico and outrage from the international community, but the U.S. government has been silent. We can make sure that the 43 families receive some peace amidst their grief if we take action now and urge Senator Bob Menendez, chairperson of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to hold a hearing to review U.S. funding to Mexico.

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